In kindergarten through 5th grade classrooms at Allen Jay Elementary School, students learn subjects like reading, math, and science in English, and in Urdu. The school, in High Point, N.C., offers ...

A consortium of donors has committed to funding Hindi/Urdu language courses at UC Santa Cruz through spring of 2010. The combined gifts in support of the program total $75,000 and will enable the ...

When Allen Jay Elementary School began its dual-language immersion program in English and Urdu, school officials initially considered translating the curriculum used for the school’s similar program ...

Gulzar, the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, expresses optimism about the future of Urdu. He believes that despite the decline of the Urdu script, the language itself is alive and thriving, with Urdu ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. — People who speak more than one language earn up to 20 percent more per hour. That's part of the reason dual-language programs are growing in Guilford County Schools. And Allen Jay ...

The joint broadcast from Sydney and Melbourne discussed the Urdu program’s journey and its future in the digital era. Hosted by Rehan Alavi, it featured reflections from former hosts and producers, ...

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling for the integration of Hindi-Urdu into the undergraduate foreign language curriculum, a recent initiative of the South ...

rdu. The very word evokes a sense of nostalgia, a whisper of poetry, a connection to a rich cultural heritage. More than just a language, it’s an emotion, a shared history, a mother tongue that ...

Thirty-five years after Uttar Pradesh (UP) adopted Urdu as its second official language, chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s speech in the state assembly has revived the contentious issue over the ...

Urdu is a living language which, according to estimates, is spoken by close to 100 million people around the world. It is the official language of Pakistan, a status which it shares with English. It ...